Overview

This unit of study aims to provide you with an in-depth understanding of the operation and application of solid state devices, including diodes, bipolar junction transistors and field-effect transistors.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Appreciate and discern the physical behaviour of solid state devices (K1, K3, S1, S2, S3)
  • Design and analyse circuits based on solid state devices (K2, K3, S1, S2, S3)
  • Apply simulation tools to the analysis and design of circuits based on solid state devices (K2, K3, S1, S2, S3)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture
3.00 12 weeks 36
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial
1.00 12 weeks 12
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Laboratory
1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning
7.50 12 weeks 90
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssessmentIndividual/Group 25 - 35% 2,3 
ExaminationIndividual 45 - 60% 1,2 
TestIndividual 5 - 15% 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

(i) an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and(ii) at least 40% in the final exam.Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

  • Principles of semiconductor devices
  • Diodes and diode circuits – i-v characteristics, models, rectifier circuits, clampers, limiters, etc.
  • Bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) – device structure and physical operation, dc and ac models, and biasing
  • Basic configurations of single-BJT amplifier circuits
  • Multi-stage amplifier circuits – input and output loading effects
  • Field effect transistors (FETs) – device structure and physical operation, dc and ac models, and biasing
  • Basic configurations of single-FET amplifier circuits
  • Frequency response of transistor-based amplifiers
  • Computer-aided analysis of analogue circuits

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.